Minecraft 1.19, The Wild Update, has been the most exciting thing waiting for the game this year.

To help players see some of the upcoming features and improvements early, Mojang has released the very first Minecraft 1.19 pre-release.

With that, here’s everything you need to know about Minecraft 1.19 Pre-Release 1, including its patch notes and how to download it now!

What is Coming in Minecraft 1.19 Pre-Release 1?

The first Minecraft 1.19 pre-releases will build on the consistent schedule of Minecraft 1.19 snapshot updates.

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Where snapshot updates focused mostly on introducing new features from The Wild Update, however, these pre-release updates will center around important bug fixes and technical aspects as we approach the final stages of launch.

These new pre-releases will also have a more sporadic launch schedule as opposed to the previous snapshot update schedule of always launching on Wednesdays.

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How to Download Minecraft 1.19 Pre-Release 1

These new pre-release updates are available only for Minecraft: Java Edition at this time. To install them, open up the Minecraft Launcher and enable snapshots in the Installations tab.

Mojang warns that these updates, like snapshot updates, may corrupt your worlds and save files - so be sure to back them up to be safe!

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Patch Notes

Without further adieu, here’s everything players can expect in the Minecraft 1.19 pre-release courtesy of its patch notes from Mojang.

General Changes

Slightly reduced the number of Mangrove trees in Mangrove Swamps
Endermen, Skeletons, Wither Skeletons, and Piglins now spawn in a wider range of light levels in the Nether (from light level 0 to 11)
Item interaction vibrations are now emitted when you start or finish "using" an item with a start and finish state (such as Bows, Crossbows, Goat Horns, Shields, Food)
Item interaction vibrations are now ignored when sneaking
Placing items that aren’t armor (such as Pumpkins and Skulls) in your headwear slot now plays a generic equip sound

Technical Changes

Auto-completion is now available for the template argument to place template
Custom servers can now enable or disable chat preview for certain clients by sending a new network packet
Now, a chat preview is also shown for chat-related commands, such as /say and /msg
test-rainbow-chat has been removed from server.properties

New Game Events

note_block_play with a vibration frequency of 6
instrument_play with a vibration frequency of 15

Bug Fixes

MC-94060 - Equipping armor/elytra through inventory or dispenser doesn’t play sounds
MC-134892 - PacketBuffer.writeString’s max length is in bytes, while readString is in characters
MC-209222 - Attempting to open the Minecraft Realms menu claims that the client is outdated, even if the snapshot may be newer than the release
MC-210279 - Sculk sensors are not activated upon entities being summoned by a spawner
MC-213915 - Equipping armor through the inventory does not count as a vibration
MC-218222 - Distance value for Sculk Sensors is limited to integers
MC-225195 - Goats don’t panic when tempted with their favorite food
MC-230735 - “FOV Effects” setting description is innacurate
MC-249141 - No subtitles are produced upon frogs stepping
MC-249164 - The entity.frog.tounge sound is misspelled
MC-249209 - Frogs don’t panic when tempted with their favorite food
MC-249260 - Tadpoles are not tempted by slime balls
MC-249328 - Frogs can jump around while being tempted with slimeballs
MC-249456 - Tadpoles drop experience, unlike other baby mobs
MC-249619 - The comparator frequency of sculk sensors when you are stepping on it is the last frequency it heard
MC-249711 - Items collected off the ground by allays travel too high above their hitboxes

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MC-249757 - ‘It Spreads’ advancement is not a child of ‘Monster Hunter’
MC-249834 - Swapping items to the player’s off-hand can generate vibrations
MC-249980 - The Birthday Song advancement description doesn’t capitalise the word Cake
MC-250006 - ID of the british cat doesn’t match texture name
MC-250019 - Sculk catalyst triggers when a villager converts into zombie villager by a zombie
MC-250317 - The subtitle for picking up a Tadpole with a bucket is the generic “Bucket fills” subtitle
MC-250351 - /tp “argument” duplicated on the tab options
MC-250919 - The server crashes when attempting to load chunks that contain command blocks that consist of large numbers of characters within the previous output field
MC-250932 - Goat horn subtitles are improperly capitalized
MC-250940 - Goat horn playing isn’t detected as a vibration
MC-251132 - Server logs “Game test server” messages
MC-251312 - Entity selectors in /say commands are no longer evaluated
MC-251355 - Potted mangrove propagule model is incorrect
MC-251405 - Structure Block messages are formatted as chat
MC-251479 - Duplicate object key [lang file]
MC-251550 - Failed to launch the game on 32-bit operating system
MC-251640 - io.netty.handler.codec.EncoderException when using special characters in chat message
MC-251641 - Game crash regarding warden anger
MC-251647 - Chat closes itself if the control for Open Chat is set to Enter
MC-251649 - Clicking “incomplete command” message removes / in chat

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MC-251650 - Iron golems can spawn on non-spawnable blocks such as leaves, glass, sea lanterns, etc
MC-251652 - Warden emerge/roar/sonic charge/dig animation (and possibly other similar animations) don’t start unless the player looks at the Warden first
MC-251656 - /say command fails to apply server message styling when sent from a command block, server console, or RCON, unlike /msg
MC-251690 Wardens can spawn on any non-full block, as long as it’s solid
MC-251736 - Reflected ghast fireball cannot hit the ghast
MC-251762 - You can run commands with double slash prefix
MC-251773 - The --dev argument for the data generators no longer converts NBT to SNBT properly

Minecraft 1.19 Pre-Release 1: Patch Notes & How to Download

Minecraft 1.19 Pre-Release 1: Patch Notes & How to Download